1568 in science

Botany

• Orto Botanico di Bologna botanical garden is created under the direction of Ulisse Aldrovandi.

  Medicine

• Ane Breve Descriptioun of the Pest by Gilbert Skene, the first Scottish medical book, is published.

  Births

• October 2 – Marin Getaldić, Ragusan mathematician
• date unknown – Nikolaus Ager, French botanist

  Deaths

• July 13 – William Turner, English naturalist
• Garcia de Orta, Portuguese physician